#25 - What do the Yellow Vests Want? w/ Katy Lee

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Katy Lee from Agence France-Presse joins me to discuss the yellow vest movement. She's a reporter living in Paris who has first-hand experience covering these protests.The movement began as a response to French President Emmanuel Macron's increase in the gas tax. But is has grown far beyond that. Rather than a protest against climate change, Katy explains the yellow vests are fundamentally a response to growing inequality and austerity that have disproportionately targeted the poor and middle class. It's not a revolt against government, rather a revolt against government inaction. We talk about how the yellow vests started, their demands, breaking down misconceptions and examine how France's political actors are responding.